Tell tale signs of GC fanatics...

[daemonite]

I went to three different Autozones today in search of GC for my parent's next oil changes. After a quick look at batch numbers, I noticed someone has been very curious and opened bottles for a look & sniff.

G0507's now =/
No sweet smell or green tinted goodness anymore

I'm kind of glad my car has the G0501 green stuff atleast...

Any else see signs of GC fanatics at their local autozones?

 

[Pick]

Biggest sign I see is NO GC.

But, hey, I am stocked up on green, so no sweat for a year or so. They I guess we all go for the gold

 

[SAL]

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Originally posted by Pick:
Biggest sign I see is NO GC.

But, hey, I am stocked up on green, so no sweat for a year or so. They I guess we all go for the gold

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I just took all of AZ's GC oil in Pascagoula,Ms.
And I'm Green and going to be Greener when I find somemore at other AZ's on my way to Destin this weekend.

 

[bluengold]

I always laugh when I see the old Made in USA bottles in the front followed by some MO5 gold and then all Made Germany green after that and I snatch it all up!! Trying to hide the green in the back never works on me I check every grade of syntec all the way to the back just in case someone trys to be sneaky, if you find a stash just buy it all right there and then, hiding it does no good, I learned that lesson the hard way. I also just go straight back behind the oil racks to check for cases of GC, I don't even bother asking the clerk to check for me I just waltz on back there and start hunting. Up to 98 so far.

 

[blupupher]

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Originally posted by bluengold:
I always laugh when I see the old Made in USA bottles in the front followed by some MO5 gold and then all Made Germany green after that and I snatch it all up!! Trying to hide the green in the back never works on me I check every grade of syntec all the way to the back just in case someone trys to be sneaky, if you find a stash just buy it all right there and then, hiding it does no good, I learned that lesson the hard way. I also just go straight back behind the oil racks to check for cases of GC, I don't even bother asking the clerk to check for me I just waltz on back there and start hunting. Up to 98 so far.

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You have to wonder what these store clerks think we people come in and start pulling off all the oil in 1 rack.

 

[wavinwayne]

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Originally posted by blupupher:
You have to wonder what these store clerks think when people come in and start pulling off all the oil in 1 rack.

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There is a fundamental flaw in your statement. Look at it again & you will see what I mean.

 

[blupupher]

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Originally posted by GSV:
It isn't the clerks that look at me with raised eyebrows, its the other customers within earshot.

I snagged 12 more qts. of GREEN GC yesterday. I had to remove about 8 qts. of US 0w-30 to get to it. As I read the back of each bottle I let out a CRAP! if it wasn't the good stuff.

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Actualy, you don't even have to look at the back, yellow label is American, red label with the starburst on the front is American, red with no starburst is GC. I now just look at date codes. Everything I have found lately is the golden M0502***.

 

[GSV]

I was fooled once by relying on label color. Now I'm extra carefull. I still want to see Made in Germany on the back along with the ACEA A3 rating. Then I know I've got the "stuff".

I've got at least 3-4 years worth of the Green GC in my stash so I'm

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[MN Driver]

The GC bug hasn't hit my area too hard from what I see. There are M02's in both USA and German versions where I am. I don't have any because I stocked up on M1 back in November before I hit the BITOG boards, otherwise I would have bought the two dozen or so quarts of M02 from Germany that were(probably still are too) here and had a nice few-years supply for my car. Then again maybe they were people stashing them because the good stuff was in the back, at the time I assumed that they were just stocking it in the back to sell the old stock first.

 

[blupupher]

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Originally posted by wavinwayne:

quote:

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Originally posted by blupupher:
You have to wonder what these store clerks think when people come in and start pulling off all the oil in 1 rack.

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There is a fundamental flaw in your statement. Look at it again & you will see what I mean.

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Yes, this is true.

 

[GSV]

It isn't the clerks that look at me with raised eyebrows, its the other customers within earshot.

I snagged 12 more qts. of GREEN GC yesterday. I had to remove about 8 qts. of US 0w-30 to get to it. As I read the back of each bottle I let out a CRAP! if it wasn't the good stuff.